Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

A Tiny Overlooked Detail

  
	        Why don’t we act decisively when we go to war
                    Why don’t we crush the enemy
                       The enemy is trying to crush us
                 What on earth are we waiting for…  

                 … Pauses, short ceasefires, humanitarian aid
                        all allow the enemy to regroup
                           and come back stronger than ever
                  What on earth are we waiting for… 

                  There’s a detail we’ve overlooked here. 
                        a little tiny detail
                           Perhaps one ceasefire can lead to another
                               And another, and even a cessation of hostilities, who knows

                   And perhaps, just perhaps, we can save dozens, hundreds
                         ~ even thousands of lives

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sara Etgen-Baker June 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM I share your thoughts....war doesn't work in the long run...and who knows, peace could prevail...even though I have a deep distruct for the Iranian leadership.

Regina Elliott June 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM Hi Gershon, superb war poem. Well done. Shalom u’vrakha :)

Karen Jones June 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM I hate war. So many lives lost and it’s not the elderly in the trenches. But the young who risk it all.

John Lawless June 8, 2026 at 5:49 AM would that these decisions were made by those in the trenches not by those on the benches

Tom Cunningham June 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM Back in the old days it was one big battle, done and dusted, winner takes all. Too much faffing about these days. Tom